netopsauto 0.2

Useful tools to automate your network

NetOpsAuto : Automation Module For Network Switches

NetOpsAuto (netopsauto) is a lightweight automation package for Juniper switches using the Juniper PyEZ <https://github.com/Juniper/py-junos-eznc>_ Python library.

Expansion for Aruba Network Switch automation is a possiblility in the future.

Documentation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

NetOpsAuto's documentation is located at https://netopsauto.readthedocs.io/

Installation ^^^^^^^^^^^^

NetOpsAuto suppoorts Python 3.85+. The recommended way to clone the git repository <https://github.com/dmtx97/netopsauto.git>_ and run the setup.py in a new virtual environment.

Create new virtual environment within the netopsauto repository:

.. code-block:: sh

python -m venv env

Activate the virtual environment:

.. code-block:: sh

./env/Scripts/Activate.ps1

To install the package, run the :code:setup.py:

.. code-block:: sh

pip install ./

If you encounter any errors installing through pip, update by running :code:python -m pip install --upgrade pip and try again.

Installing Through GitHub ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can also directly clone a copy of the repository using git, like so:

.. code-block:: sh

pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/dmtx97/netopsauto

Usage ^^^^^

The :code:cli.py script provides an example implementation of the module with command line arguments. It is also recommended to create a switch schema similar to the one provided in data/input/switches-example.json <https://github.com/dmtx97/netopsauto/blob/master/data/input/switches-example.json>_.